WD Red Plus 8TB *Used* will not authorize Partition removal / Format
Long story short:
Bought used WD 8TB Red Plus from a surplus auction for <$100. Brought it home had black sharpie denoting a ZFS file system setup. Thought great a raided Zxxx drive this should be swell.
After using Bazzite's Disk Utility and then Terminal I attempted to do a Zero write to all sectors to reset the drive; drive had a label it was denying any removal of partion or deletion in Disk Utility. Damn thing started out at 256MB/s then slowed down to 54MB/s after 58TB were zeroed, but before completely freezing my login session. Had to press reset button and let Bazzite rebuild itself! Is this drive hosed or did I attempt an incorrect step to reset the drive
Status:
Drive detects in Bazzite on an external SATA to USB adapter. Drive appears to do a thing or two in activity so it isn't a mechanical failure (no clicks or pops of the head hitting the platter).
Bought used WD 8TB Red Plus from a surplus auction for <$100. Brought it home had black sharpie denoting a ZFS file system setup. Thought great a raided Zxxx drive this should be swell.
After using Bazzite's Disk Utility and then Terminal I attempted to do a Zero write to all sectors to reset the drive; drive had a label it was denying any removal of partion or deletion in Disk Utility. Damn thing started out at 256MB/s then slowed down to 54MB/s after 58TB were zeroed, but before completely freezing my login session. Had to press reset button and let Bazzite rebuild itself! Is this drive hosed or did I attempt an incorrect step to reset the drive
Status:
Drive detects in Bazzite on an external SATA to USB adapter. Drive appears to do a thing or two in activity so it isn't a mechanical failure (no clicks or pops of the head hitting the platter).
